Zotero + Attanger + Better BibTex + Obsidian Broken Workflow with Zotero 8

[kypria-57]

Debug log ID

Zotero 8 citation no longer exporting with BBT Citation Key

What happened?

I upgraded to Zotero 8 and ran a test import. But the system is now broken and I don't know where the break is happening.

I store all PDFs in my Obsidian vault. First I use the Zotero connector on my web browser, then I create a PDF of the journal or article, and then download a pdf into my downloads file. I then would double check the Citation Key in Zotero field, (fix and re-pin in Better Bibtex if needed to create the correct Citation Key) and then use Attanger to move the PDF to my Obsidian vault with a link to Zotero. This has been working so well.

Unfortunately in Zotero 8 - the filename on export is no longer using the Better BibTeX citation key in Obsidian and I can no longer create a literature note (which used the Better BibTex created Citation Key within Obsidian) with the new pdf.

I am not fluent in coding language, I am a writer who does a lot of research. So forgive me please if I am not clear.

When I use Attanger to link the pdf from my downloads folder to Obsidian in Zotero 8 - the file name in my obsidian vault now looks like this - even though I have {author}}_{{title}}_{{year}}:

_2012_Shifting the Power Dynamic.pdf

but it used to be use the better bibtext created citation:

kramer_shifting_2012.pdf

I spent a lot of time trying to fix this - with by working within Zotero 8 creating different file names in Zotero but I can't replicate my old Better BibTex Citation Key.

The Better BibTeX citekey generation is still working correctly (zotero.clean → kramer_shifting_2012) but it is no longer attached to the file itself when I export.

The Citation Key field appears correctly in Zotero’s item information pane to the right of the article.

I have tried adjusting Zotero → Settings → File Renaming * But the filename used when linking into Obsidian still follows the title/year pattern, it won't pick up author (which must be a zotero issue).

Also - I think it's not just the name of the file itself but the way Better BibTex pinned it or created the Citation that made it work with Obsidian and automatic Literature notes (linking pdfs with a new literature note in Obsidian).

Question: Is there a Zotero 8 or Attanger setting that will force attachment filenames to use the Better BibTeX citekey and also allow for seamless literature note to be created within Obsidian, as in earlier workflows?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[retorquere]

Man that is a wall of text. I think what you are asking is

Is there a Zotero 8 or Attanger setting that will force attachment filenames to use the Better BibTeX citekey

In Zotero → Settings → File Renaming you can just use citationKey now. Citationkey is a native Zotero field. BBT now just fills that.

allow for seamless literature note to be created within Obsidian, as in earlier workflows?

I don't know how that integration works. If they are calling the BBT API, that should still work. If they are reading the BBT database, they must now read the Zotero database.

[kypria-57]

DEBUG LOG: RYNWD3ZG-euc/✓/✓

[kypria-57]

Thank you. I did try this : In Zotero → Settings → File Renaming you can just use citationKey. But that doesn't work.

{{citationKey}}

it just says ".pdf"